Breastfeeding 1yro... critzised & questions

My son is still bfing. I love it, he loves it. He is eating table food but still nursing about 5 times a day he never took a bottle and drinks water from his cup like a little pro. He has a few allergies. We tried a tiny dot of dairy and he broke out immediatly. So I'm guessing... no milk for him. So for all mamas out there if you have kiddos who can't have diary or soy what are you giving them cuz I'm lactose intalorent and drink rice milk but I don't think that's nutrious enough for him...
On another note... I've been getting so much flack for still nursing! Ppl and their jerk comments about him possibly turning out to be sooo soo co dependant and needy. He is the least needy child I know he does pretty much everything on his own including put himself to bed for naps and bedtime (he even blows his own nose and thinks he can wash himself in the tub lol) I still nurse him when he wants if we are out and ppl talk so much crap, I got sweet darling looks when he was a newborn and now its a bunch of trash talk. "Get that kid a cup" "that's a shame" "he's to big" what the hell!?! Seriously? Are their any other mommys going thru this and if so how do you deal? I'm kinda mean... I'm trying not to be

Just ignore those fools. The 1 year cut off that seems to be the standard in this country is so arbitrary and ridiculous. So, the day before my baby turns 1, BFing is great, but the day after, all of a sudden, it's inappropriate and weird? Ugh.

I am still nursing my 2 year old (he turned 2 in july) as well as my September baby. My 2 year old is a happy go lucky and very independent kiddo even though he does still nurse 1 to 2x a day. He had a lot of dairy problems before 2 so I held off on dairy until he stopped reacting. Now he takes cows milk just fine.I haven't given my September baby cows milk yet and don't plan to for a while. She eats cheese and regular table food and nurses, she doesn't need cows milk right now.

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Navy wife to DH (7 years!)and mommy to four babies on earth, two babies in heaven.

Well...my lil dude will be turning 1 on Sat and shows no end to BF. I stopped pumping at work last week (because I HATED it with a passion)....so he started drinking formula at daycare and nurses whenever he feels like it.

Tell folks to mind their damn business. It is not like you are attaching your child to their boob. I am personally ready for lil dude to stop...but he isn't ready yet so